February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of death January 1, 1995
The temperature on January 1, 1995 was between 0.2 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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January 30 » Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
March 16 » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
June 5 » The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
July 11 » Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July.
October 25 » A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
November 13 » Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
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